The Washington critic., 1887-08-23
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Pitisburg is TO be engraved on q steel
plate, which Is TO be rolled until 1t is
only three thousandths of an inch In
thickness and can be rolled together In
the form of scroll. To roll piece
of steel so thin requires an enormous
amount of work and the greatest care
and skill. Should there be the slight.
est defect In the rolls the plate would
be wavy and spoiled On the plate
will be engraved the invitation, with
the names of the presidents of the diff.
ferent committees attached, the coat
of.arms Of the United States, of the
cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny, and
the new court house.
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Says the Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Times Star. A couple
of men whose names were pretty ia.
miliar to the people of this country
over thirty years ago are spending the
summer In this vicinity. They are b.
+. Stringfellow and Colonel Crozler,
who were so prominent In the effort 10
make Kansas slave State, about 1856
or '56. Mr.. Stringfellow has been oil
summer at Cape May and that vicinity.
He came from his home at Atchison,
Kan, with his daughter who Is suffer.
ing from rheumatism. Her stay at the
seaside has entirely removed 1t. Mr..
Stringfellow has been living quietly
at Atchison since 1859, and has made
a fortune in the growing of property in
that city and vicinity. lie Is now sew.
enty years old, but vigorous and full Of
life. He did not take any part In the
war, he tells me. 81 got enough of
trying to help the South" he said,
"when the Southern men failed to help
us make Kansas a slave State by re.
fusing TO send their niggers there
Do what we would we couldn't make
it slave State without the slaves"
Mr.. Stringfellow tells me that good
many of the people who were active on
both sides thirty years ago In that
struggle are still living in the vicinity
and are the best of friends and neigh.
bors now,
Roscoe Conkling has double whose
name is S. s. Rowe, and who halls
from Boston, says the Philadelphia
Times, and resemblance between the
two is described as startling, and the
occasion of many queer mistakes.
There are the same well knit and
supple form, the same luXuriant hair
and curl, now turning white at the bid.
ding of the years, the same beard and
confident look and walk At Schen.
ectady, n. Y, Mr.. Rowe got out of a
train and ran plump into the arms of a
reporter who knew Conkling well. "Ah,
beg your pardon, Senator" he be.
gan. II am glad to see you, but why
ale you here?" A look of genuine
fatigue stole over the countcnance of
the Senator as he politely listened to
the inquiry, and gathered strength to
reply: II visited New York State for
the first time In my life one week ago,
and since last Monday fifty men, of
whom twenty five were newspaper re,
porters, have mistaken me for Roscoe
Conkling. The only time l ever saw
Roscoe Conkling was when he took the
oath of office years ago."
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Mr.. Sumner was hardly aware of his
enormous strength, 1t was so seldom
called into exercise. His books were
packed In large boxes at the end of
each session and sent from his rooms to
the Capitol, only to be returned at the
beginning of the next session. These
boxes weighed nearly 500 pounds each,
and were difficult to handle in pas.
sages and stairways, and SO were &C.
Companied by four men. The Cosmo-
politdn tells the following Once when
he was living at the Rev. DR.. Samp-
sons one of these heavy boxes got
stuck in the stairway. 1t could be ex.
trlcated without injury to the walls
only by lifting 1t over the banister. The
four men failed to apply their strength
10 the most advantage, for they got in
each others way, and thus failed to
move the box. The Senator hated
and gloved ready to go out, came to the
stairs. "Why don't you lift it over the
Iaili Z" said he. "llow can we ?' an
swered one, "You have no idea of It's
weight" let me try" said the Sen
ator, and leaning over the rail, hC
seized the rope beckett at the end of the
box and lifted the latter clear Of its en-
tanglements by one sure pull splitting
The men were amazed, and he, a little
embarrassed, said II didn't mean Il
lift It, only TO try its weight, and ther
went back for fresh gloves
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The Atlanta Constitution publishes
the address of Colonel q. c. Jones, ir.,
before the Confederate Survivors As
sociatlon, or thai portion of it relating
to the personal changes that have taken
place in the last twenty four years
The mortality has been remarkable
and the speaker says that with the
close of the present century there will
remain comparatively few, cOmpeten'
from their own experience, to narratC
any of the incidents connected with the
Confederate struggle for Independence
The Constitution of the Confederate
States was signed by forty nine dele
gates. All who affixed their signature.
To that memorable document are du1t
except g c. Memminger, w. porchel
Miles and William W. Boyce OF South
Carolina, Augustus Il. Wright oi
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